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Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card

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Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card

I had saved a magazine photo from YEARS ago with a card like this Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card. It has survived the purging of the file of torn out magazine pages, mostly scrapbook page ideas, several times so I finally decided to leave it out on my coffee table so maybe I would finally make it someday soon. Well, the day came and I made a card with this cute lollipop made out of circles!

There weren’t any super specific instructions on how to make this but I thought it would be easy enough to figure out. It’s a great way to use up some scraps of cardstock or even designer paper or mix the two.

You can use various sizes of circles, whatever suits your fancy and fits on your card. I used a 1″ Circle Punch (retired) but you could use something larger or larger die cuts. I just chose a bunch of colors of cardstock that looked good together.

It may seem a little difficult to get the circles placed correctly in a circle to form the lollipop. It might help you to put a pencil dot on your card where you want the center of the lollipop to be and you can kind of arrange the circles around that. When you get to the last circle in the lollipop, tuck it under the beginning circle, otherwise the two pieces on either side of that first circle will overlap it. So you want the last circle to tuck under it.

Use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to just dab in between the circles to adhere them together into the lollipop shape. That glue gives you a little “wiggle time” to get the circles shaped the way you want them. After you get the lollipop formed, you can either glue it down directly onto the card front or pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals® or cut down some Foam Adhesive Strips to fit.

If you have a real lollipop stick, that would be fun to use or just cut a very thin strip of cardstock. I had a white one but of course it didn’t show up against this white cardstock so I just use a strip of Bumblebee Cardstock instead. Then I tied a bow of Bumblebee Gingham Trim and adhered it to the stick with a Mini Glue Dot.

For the greeting, I thought this one in the So Sentimental Stamp Set was perfect! I stamped it in Magenta Madness Ink and die cut with a die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Then I die-cut another piece out of Magenta Madness that was smaller and I just cut it in half so I could use each end under the greeting to help it stand out from the Whisper White card layer.

I also thought it would be fun to stamp the little confetti stamp around the card in different colors to fill in all the white space. I just used some of the lollipop colors. The card base is Magenta Madness with a layer of Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

This is certainly a fun card to make and something different. It would be fun to make a few and make them into birthday cards or just “Hello” cards to send to a friend to brighten their day! Who wouldn’t be happy to receive this special Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card card?!

Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card Closeup

Easy Easter Candy Treats

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Easy Easter Candy Treats

If you want to make some last-minute Easy Easter Candy Treats, these will work! These are quick and simple and you can vary the size according to the candy treat you have to put inside. You could even not cut an opening in the front and just decorate the front for the occasion and tuck your candy treat inside. You can make these taller or wider.

These candy treat holders are 2″ x 8 1/2″ to start with but depending on your candy, you can cut them down a little shorter. The 2″ width is so the piece of cardstock will fit into the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Cut the 2″ x 8 1/2″ strip of cardstock and punch each end in the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Then place one end at the 3 3/4″ inch mark on the Paper Trimmer and score, then turn and place the other end at the 3 3/4″ mark and score. That gives you the little space in which to place your candy treat.

Before you put the candy inside, decide if you want a different color background inside. The Daffodil Yellow treat holder has a Whisper White piece stamped with the little green leaves in Welcome Easter, although you really can’t see them! The Melon Mambo treat holder doesn’t have an inside layer. However, on that one, I stamped the little flowers in the Welcome Easter Stamp Set on the front. The greeting is stamped from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and punched out with the handy dandy Classic Label Punch. To decorate the Daffodil Delight holder, I just added some small Rhinestone Jewels.

I didn’t have any exciting Easter candy but these little chocolate bunnies which are pretty flat fit in just fine. So if you had a larger chocolate bunny, for example, you probably would need to make the base wider and therefore the strip longer in the beginning. Then you can die-cut or punch some kind of opening in the front. Just add a ribbon to tie the top together and you’re done!

Sometimes you need to give credit where credit is due so I must give credit to myself! I made a similar Easter treat last year but I had a cuter piece of candy to put inside! You can see that post HERE.

None of us will be having big family Easter dinners this year, so it would be easy to make one of these Easter candy treats to put at each place at the table for you and your spouse, or children, or whoever you are living with during this quarantine time.

Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box

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Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box

Which do you like better, the Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box or the chocolate bunnies?! Luckily, they go together so you can like both and not choose! Any time you need a quick and easy treat box, you can turn to the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog!

I intentionally made this Easter treat super simple. You can decorate these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes in many ways, of course. I started with the bunny in the Welcome Easter Stamp Set. It is stamped in Memento Ink and colored in with a Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend marker and a bit of the Dark for shading. For the little bit of pink in his ears and bottom of his feet, I used a Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend Marker.

Since the area on the front of the Tiny Treat Box is fairly small, I just cut out the bunny by hand. I wrapped around a 3/4″ strip of Seaside Spray Cardstock, one of the current In Colors, around the box. If you put the ends of the strip on the front of the box, the junction of those paper ends will be covered up by the image you put on the front of the box. You could also use ribbon, but since I was going to tie ribbon around the top of the box, I just used cardstock. You could also use some pretty border dies to die cut a strip going around the box. You can apply a little bit of Snail Adhesive to hold the strip in place. Then the bunny is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on the center of the box front.

Be sure to fill the box first with candy treats or a small gift and then tie with a ribbon. This is decorative plus holds the lid of the box closed for sure. The ribbon I used is the Seaside Spray 1/2″ Scalloped Linen Ribbon. It is very pretty with the linen and the light blue! I just tied it around in a bow. You could also adhere just the ribbon and then tie a bow separately to adhere to the top of the box if you wanted the bow closer to perfect.

Here is a very similar design with a Clear Tiny Treat Box that I made for Halloween using a strip of designer paper around the box and a Halloween image cut out from designer paper with a ribbon tied around the box.

That’s all there is to it! You could also stamp a “Happy Easter” greeting or a “Happy Spring” greeting. Maybe it would be a party favor at a baby shower and that would be cute with the bunny! Keep a stash of these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand to use for quick treats or gifts or order a quantity for a party or event. For a treat or even a little home decoration, try this Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box for this spring or Easter!

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Heart Foil Tin For a Birthday Gift

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Heart Foil Tins For a Birthday Gift

Don’t put away those Heart Foil Tins just because Valentine’s Day is over! If you have some tins left over after Valentine’s Day, you can still use them for other occasions, like this Heart Foil Tin For a Birthday Gift.

Here is one I made for part of a friend’s birthday gift. Hearts are for any time so I think you can use the Heart Doilies and designer paper for decorating!

Here is how I decorated this birthday candy tin. I punched out a heart in the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper with the scalloped-edge punch in the Heart Punch Pack. Then I stamped a greeting in the center of the paper heart from the Heartfelt Stamp Set. This heart was then layered on the designer paper heart and adhered to the white side of one of the Heart Doilies. This all fits perfectly in the indented heart shape of the tin lid.

The birthday greeting is stamped from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and layered on a piece of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock. For a final touch, I used some retired Share What You Love Artisan Pearls scattered around on the heart and Rhinestone Basic Jewels on the greeting.

So keep those Heart Foil Tins handy in your stash so you can use them whenever you need a little treat for someone or even a small little gift box!

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Decorated Heart Foil Tins For Valentine’s Day

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Decorated Heart Foil Tins

Try these Decorated Heart Foil Tins For Valentine’s Day if you want to make some quick treats! You can really decorate these heart foil tins in just a minute unless you want to add more embellishments! And if you want to really do it up right, you can bake something INSIDE the tin!

I started with the top heart tin in the photo. I just put in four chocolate candy truffles and snapped on the plastic lid. For decoration I just adhered a Flirty Flamingo Heart Doily and then punched a heart with the plain edge heart punch in the Heart Punch Pack from the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper and adhered that. Done! So cute even with just gluing on two hearts! What could be easier!

Next I decorated the heart tin on the bottom right. This one was almost the same except I turned the colored heart doily over to show the white side! Did you know you could do that?! This time I used the scalloped edge heart punch to put a heart out of the same designer paper and stamped a greeting from the Heartfelt Stamp Set. You can buy both this stamp set and the Heart Punch Pack in the Heartfelt Bundle and save 10%. Just stamp a greeting on a heart, layer it on another heart and adhere to the cover of the heart tin! How easy is that?!

For the last heart tin, the bottom left one, I did the same thing with a doily and punched heart from the designer paper, then added a small bow with the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. I stamped a greeting from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and punched it out with the Classic Label Punch. Then I layered that on a piece of Flirty Flamingo cut wider than the punched piece and cut off the ends to match. It is popped up with the Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added two of the From My Heart Faceted Gems. (These are backordered as I write this.)

There you have three ideas for these fun Heart Foil Tins to decorate for Valentine’s Day, but you can really decorate them for any occasion. Think how cute these would be for a birthday party for kids with the Bonanza Buddies Stamp Set characters or lots of other choices! You might want to stock up on these tins to have on hand for other fun occasions!

Heart Foil Tins
Heart Foil Tin With Candy

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Get In On the Paper Pumpkin Fun!

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It’s time to get in on the fun of Paper Pumpkin, the papercrafting kit from Stampin’ Up! that comes in the mail once a month! Treat yourself to some crafting time every month! You deserve it!

Find the cute red box in your mailbox. Open it up and see the pretty blue tissue paper wrapping up the contents. You’ll find an exclusive stamp set for that month, a small ink spot (great to save for travel or for the Stamparatus!), and all the supplies, even adhesives, that you need to make whatever surprise project is inside! Usually, it is cards but sometimes it is some other project. For your first kit, you will receive a special acrylic block on which to mount the stamps.

No risk, no obligation. You can cancel any time you want to if Paper Pumpkin is not for you. If you just want to skip a month or two now and then, just go into your account and select that choice.

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Paper Pumpkin is great for non-stampers who don’t have supplies and materials. Everything you need is in the box! And if you are an expert stamper, here is one project you don’t have to think up yourself! Just open the box and enjoy the project! Or use the materials to make alternate projects. You will always find ideas online.

To get an idea about Paper Pumpkin, here is the Stampin’ Up! video showing how to assemble the January Kit. Mine just came! Looks like fun!

Another way you can subscribe to Paper Pumpkin is to add it to your regular Stampin’ Up! order! If you like FREE stuff, add a 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month subscription to your order and earn free Sale-A-Bration products. It might even help you reach Stampin’ Rewards! These are called Prepaid Subscriptions.

When you order, Stampin’ Up! will send you an email explaining how to set up your account and add your prepaid subscription. Even if you have a monthly subscription already, you can purchase a prepaid subscription and add it to your account. The account will use the prepaid subscription first, then go back to your monthly kits.

You must subscribe by February 10th so you still have time to think about it, but go ahead and do it today and then you’re all set!

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Easy to Make Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Treat Holders

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Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holders

Try these Easy to Make Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holders for Valentine’s Day or any occasion for a little gift or favor. Once you have the measurements and the piece of candy, you are ready to make a special treat!

This is basically just a strip of cardstock, scored to that it will fold over a piece of chocolate candy, like a Ghirardelli chocolate (yum!). Then you just decorate the front for whatever occasion you have.

Start with a strip of cardstock cut at 9 5/8″ x 2 3/4″. Score at 2 3/4″ and 3″; 6 1/4″ and 6 1/2″. With these measurements, you could get three strips out of one sheet of cardstock. Fold and crease on the scored lines. Open the strip back up and you will see above and below the score lines, one section is shorter than the other.  You want the longer section to be the one that folds up to the inside.

Once you have identified the longer section, use the Classic Label Punch on that flap, inserting as far as you can, centered, to punch the opening for the chocolate. Put a piece of Tear & Tape as you see in the photo so you can fold up that flap and adhere to the inside, not quite up to the score line. You will want to stand the candy holder on the table making sure the bottom is flat as you adhere that flap.

Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holder Base

Insert the chocolate candy piece to make sure everything fits right! If you do not have the Classic Label Punch, you can cut hand cut a slit or use the retired Word Window Punch.

Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holder Petal Pink Inside

Now you can proceed to decorating the front of the candy holder and even that little area at the bottom, where you see I put a die-cut piece.

Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holder Petal Pink

For this candy holder, I used Petal Pink Cardstock for the base. Even though it is for Valentine’s Day, I used a piece of designer paper in the Best Dressed Designer Series Paper! It had this polka dot piece of Petal Pink designer paper so it was perfect for a little background layer. I stamped a heart with the Heartfelt Stamp Set and punched it out with the plain heart in the Heart Punch Pack. You can buy the stamp set and two punches together in a Bundle and save 10% if you wish. The plain heart is layered on a piece of Sparkle Glimmer Paper punched out with the scalloped heart punch in the punch pack. You could also use Silver Glimmer Paper. The little piece at the bottom is a die-cut from the Painted Labels Dies in the Peaceful Poppies Suite.

The hearts are popped up on Dimensionals so that I could run a piece of scrap ribbon underneath just to hold the flap closed on the candy holder.

Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holder Heart & Doily

This Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Treat Holder is made with the Flirty Flamingo Cardstock. The heart with foil accents is punched right out of the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper and layered on a scalloped punched Flirty Flamingo heart. Then these were layered on a Heart Doily. But the doilies come in Real Red and Flirty Flamingo…..so just turn them over and you’ll have white! The ribbon tied around this candy holder is a new one in the Occasions Mini Catalog, the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. One of the great things about this white ribbon is you can dye it any color you want with ink or Stampin’ Blends markers.

These Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holders will be fun to make if you want to take some favors to the people in your office or a little treat for your family or neighbors or friends.

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From My Heart 2-4-6-8 Gift Box

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From My Heart 2-4-6-8 Gift Box

Here’s an easy and cute From My Heart 2-4-6-8 Gift Box you can use for a small gift or treat for someone, maybe for Valentine’s Day or maybe just any time. It’s made with the fun Specialty Designer Series Paper, From My Heart. It’s in the new Occasions Mini Catalog and you know Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, in spite of my Christmas tree not completely taken down yet!

You’ve probably made lots of these 2-4-6-8 boxes of various sizes, but I know I always need a little refresher. For this box, I started with a piece of the designer paper 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. Score at 2″, 4″, 6″ and 8″. Turn and score at 1 1/2″ (or 2″). These will be the bottom flaps so pay attention to the pattern on your paper, watching which way it is going so it doesn’t end up upside down.

Here is how my paper looked, although this was the inside of my box. You do cut off the little 1/2″ piece.

From My Heart 2-4-6-8 Box Diagram

Assemble the box, putting adhesive on that 1/2″ piece on the side. Then pay attention to where the seam is and try to have that face the back. Fold in the bottom flaps, trying to make the front of the bag look nice with a flap fold, not the edge.

Decorate the front of the gift box. In some cases you might want to decorate before you assemble. I kept this one simple, but I wanted to try out the new Heart Punch Pack and the Heartfelt Stamp Set. I stamped the greeting and the heart outline in Real Red ink and then punched out the stamped heart plus one Real Red Cardstock heart. Since I wanted to layer them, I trimmed the Whisper White heart right up to the dotted outline. That made it a tiny bit smaller so I could layer it on the Real Red heart. Then I popped up the heart on the front of the box with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

You could leave the top open or you can punch holes in the top and tie it closed with a ribbon, like this new Real Red 3/8″ Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon. Don’t forget to put your treat or gift inside before you tie it up! This would make a cute party favor bag or treat for a party.

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Sign Up For the January Paper Pumpkin About LOVE!

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Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Whether you want handmade favors for Valentine’s Day, a bridal shower, or a remarkably romantic wedding, this month’s kit has everything you need to help you celebrate your favorite friendships and love stories. So make it a “LOVE”-ly year with Paper Pumpkin!

Kit details: 

  • Makes 20 treat bags + 10 mini cards and envelopes
  • Card size: 3″ x 3″ (7.5 x 7.5 cm)
  • Envelope size: 3-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ (7.8 x 7.8 cm)
  • Bag size: 3-1/4″ x 4″ (8.2 x 10 cm)
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Crushed Curry, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, and Rococo Rose

Get more from the I’ll Bee Yours Kit when you buy the Heart Punch Pack (item 151292) from the 2020 January–June Mini Catalog. Both punches coordinate with the heart stamp in the kit so you can craft for love-filled occasions now . . . and later! Think: weddings, showers, birthdays, and more! Check out the flyer advertising this super-versatile punch pack in your January kit!

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Easy Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Gift Bag

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Easy Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Gift Bag

Almost every year I have been making one variation or another of a Rudolph gift bag so here is my Easy Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Gift Bag! Usually, I have decorated a kraft shopping bag like in this popular post HERE. Another year I made a smaller 2-4-6-8 bag to look like Rudolph HERE.

This is a similar bag, but a little larger that you make with half a sheet of 12″ x 12″ paper. It’s good to have at least the assortments of each color family of 12″ x 12″ paper on hand because even if we don’t use this size paper real often, sometimes you need a large piece for a project.

Start with a 6″ x 12″ piece of Soft Suede Cardstock or whatever color of brown that you like. Score at 4″, 5 3/4″, 9 3/4″, and 11 1/2″. Turn the paper so the short edge is at the top and score at 1 3/4″. This will make the bottom flaps of the bag. Cut those short bottom tabs up to the 1 3/4″ score line. Cut off the little 1/2″ tab on the bottom. Fold on all the score lines and crease well with the Bone Folder. Adhere the tab on the end to the other side to assemble the bag. Then adhere the flaps on the bottom. I used the Tear & Tape Adhesive. (There’s a piece of white cardstock underneath just for the photo.)

Gift Bag Diagram

Before you completely assemble the box, fold on all the score lines and SEE how it is going to go together. See which area will be the front. I found it was easier to glue on the pieces while the bag was still flat, but either way works since it is so simple!

I used a 2″ Circle Punch for the Red Glimmer Nose, a 1″ Circle Punch for the white part of the eyes and a 3/4″ Circle Punch (retired) for the black. You can use whatever punches or dies you have according to what sizes and look you want your Rudolph to have! Just glue them on to make your reindeer’s face.

For the antlers I used the Sprig Punch. I punched out 3 of the sprigs out of the Whisper White Thick Cardstock since I wanted them sticking up over the top of the bag and thought the Thick Cardstock would be a little stronger. One of the sprigs I cut apart and added one piece to each sprig. I colored all the sprigs with my Stampin’ Blends, two of them with the Light Crumb Cake and one with Soft Suede just to make it a little interesting and adhered the darker piece to the full sprig.

Just fill a cello bag with treats and tie with a ribbon! Put it inside the Easy Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Gift Bag and you’ve got a fun gift for someone!

Christmas Mini Curvy Keepsake Boxes

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Christmas Mini Curvy Keepsake Boxes

I thought it would be fun to just make some of these Christmas Mini Curvy Keepsake Boxes to have on hand for the holidays – now that the holidays are upon us!! These are just easy boxes that you have probably seen online, nothing too creative, but cute nonetheless!

All you need to make these and other cute creations is the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Dies. The one big die cuts out the box and then you also have little tags and other pieces you can use. Very creative people make the most creative characters and designs with these boxes!

Snowman Face Mini Curvy Keepsake Box

This easy snowman is made with Whisper White Cardstock and I just drew on his face with Stampin’ Write Markers. You could alternately punch out pieces for his eyes, nose, and mouth but for me, it was easiest to draw. I used the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set. The Real Red Curly Ribbon makes a cute way to tie on the tag and add a little something to the snowman.

Santa Outfit Mini Curvy Keepsake Box

This little Santa box is easy to make with Real Red Cardstock and a bit of Basic Black scrap and Silver Glimmer Paper. Use a hole punch for a couple of buttons on Santa’s suit. To make the belt, just adhere a narrow strip of black cardstock. Add on a square of Silver Glimmer Paper and then adhere a smaller square of Basic Black on top of the glimmer paper to make it look like the belt going through the buckle! The greeting is tied on with a piece of Braided Linen.

Snowman Mini Curvy Keepsake Box

This keepsake box uses a piece of the Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper with a snowman from another piece of the paper that is cut out and adhered to the side of the box. If the recipient opens up the box, they will find the cute inside pattern of lots of little snowmen. The only trouble with prints and this die is you would have to make sure the patterns and designs are going in the direction that you want. The greeting is stamped from Itty Bitty Christmas and tied on with a bit of the Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon.

Rudolph the Reindeer Mini Curvy Keepsake Box

This cute little reindeer can be made various ways. He is made out of Soft Suede Cardstock for his body and a lighter color for the antlers, Crumb Cake. Of course you must you Red Glimmer Paper for Rudolph’s nose. The eyes are punched out and the black pupils colored in with a black marker. The antlers are glued on by bending back the stem of the die-cut piece and just glued on the top of the box. The tag, stamped with a greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas, is tied on with the Real Red Curly Ribbon.

As you can see, you can do a lot with these dies, much more really than these samples. But once you start making things with this box die, you can almost not stop!

if you don’t own the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Dies, you might want to check them out in the Online Store. You can put a small gift or treat inside. Their little size makes them especially cute!

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Mini Curvy Keepsake Turkey Box Treats For Thanksgiving

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Mini Curvy Keepsake Turkey Box Treats For Thanksgiving

At least these three turkeys are done for Thanksgiving (but not the real one!). These Mini Curvy Keepsake Turkey Box Treats For Thanksgiving are quick and easy to make and you could make any number of variations. There are so many cute little things you can make for lots of occasions with the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Dies!

I always think these take two pieces to make but they do not…..just one die cut! You just need a piece of cardstock 6″ wide and turn the die so the points of the die-cut “point” to the corners of the cardstock, not straight up and down, and the die will fit. I used Crumb Cake Cardstock but Soft Suede would be another good choice for the turkey.

To make the tail feathers, I just used the oval tag die-cut in the package of the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Dies. It does have a little hole in the tag, but I just put that at the base of the feather and it’s not seen. I started to glue the feathers right onto the body but then I thought to punch a 1 1/2″ Circle of Crumb Cake Cardstock and adhere the two rows of feathers on to that and then that onto the turkey body. You could also use colored leaves die cuts or even just strips of cardstock in various colors.

For the turkey face, I just used some stick-on googley eyes and cut a little turkey beak out of Crushed Curry. For the wattle, I punched out a sprig from the Leaf Punch and then cut off the leaves and used those for the turkey wattle. Just use and do whatever you think up or have on hand!

Don’t forget to put a little treat inside! I also tied on a piece of Lovely Lipstick 1/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon partly to hold the box closed for sure and mostly just for another little something to jazz up the turkey box!

You could make one for each of your guests at Thanksgiving and place them at their seat at the table. Or even put a little strip with the guest’s name on it at the bottom of the front of the turkey for a place card. I used to always love to make place cards for the table when I was a little girl!

If you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner, make a fun little treat or favor like these Mini Curvy Keepsake Turkey Box Treats For Thanksgiving or take a few for your hostess!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Fun Halloween Treat Boxes

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Happy Halloween Projects

Today is the big day for kids and also moms with little kids in school! Usually there is a run on Halloween cupcakes at the grocery store for the school parties! To celebrate, I put a few of my recent Halloween projects on this cute little cake stand my friend gave me the other day! The Clear Tiny Treat Box is easy to decorate and the Mini Curvy Keepsake Boxes are really cute. There are so many fun things to make for Halloween, just not enough time!

Halloween is such a fun holiday and one we all probably remember from our childhood – what costumes we wore, what kind of candy we got, school parties! I’m still good friends with a mom I met at my youngest son’s kindergarten class Halloween party!

These Coffin Treat Boxes were really fun this year, I thought! They were easy to put together and almost any way you decorated them they looked great! I used the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper and also the Spooktacular Bash Stamp Set, plus some leftover pieces from the September Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Coffin Treat Boxes Decorated For Halloween

After I took the photo I tied ribbon around them to hold the lid on after I put candy inside. The top decoration I popped up on two dimensionals at the top and bottom so there would be space in between to slide a ribbon. Here is a post for the first Coffin Treat Box I made and how to assemble it.

And then the other fun Halloween project was making these treat boxes with the September Paper Pumpkin Kit! “Craft supplies” (chocolate!) being put to proper use!

Paper Pumpkin treat boxes

Even though Halloween will be over after today, if there is anything in the Monster Bash Suite you loved and want more of for next year you can still order it!

Have a safe and fun Halloween Night! Don’t let the goblins get you!